Splicer for sash straps and cords



E B. SHAND.

SPLICER FOR SASH STRAPS AND CORDS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I5. 1918.

1,352,091 PatentedSept. 7, 1920.

anuzmtoz A734/i/(r5/MA 0 w th emu attorney E BLAKE SHANE), OF DETROIT,MICHIGAN.

SPLICER FOR SASI-I STRAPS AND CORDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 7, 1920.

Application filed April 15, 1918. Serial No. 228,538.

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, E BLAKE SI-IAND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, county of lVayne, State of Michigan, have inventeda certain new and useful I1nprovement in Splicers for Sash Straps andCords, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription'of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a device for splicing cables or cords tostraps, and its object is to provide a cheap and efiicient de viceadapted to be wrapped about the end of a cord to fixedly secure the samethereto and having means for receiving a strap end and securing the sameto the splicer. The device is particularly adapted for use with sashcords and straps or tapes. In the repair of old buildings where new sashare to be put in old frames, which sash are arranged to use a sash tapeor strap, and in which a sash cord and pulley is providel in the frame,the sash tape is extended slightly above the top bar of the sash andsecured to this splicer in a manner hereinafter de scribed and thesplicer wrapped about an adjacent end of the sash cord. By sucharrangement the sash cord, weights and pulley may be used with the newtype of window sash. These objects and the several novel features of theinvention are hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown inthe accompanying drawings in which- Figure l is a sectional elevation ofmy improved splicer attached to a sash cord and tape.

Fig. 2 is a cross section thereof taken on line .n-m of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank as punched to provide the fasteningdevice for the cord and tape.

Fig. at is a side elevation thereof.

The drawings show the device considerably enlarged for use with sashcord which is usually about an eighth of an inch in diameter. The devlceconsists of a blank 1 of comparatively soft sheet metal having prongs 2struck up from the body thereof near each longitudinal'edge 7 and 8 ofthe blank. Centrally of the blank is a lip or tongue 3 cut from theblank on three sides and struck up therefrom as is indicated moreclearly in Fig. 4. This lip or tongue 8 is of a size to pass through anaperture 4 provided in the tape 5 as is indicated in Fig. 1, and(although not so shown) this tongue 3 after the tape is positionedthereon may be forced downward, at least partially, into the body of theblank in the opening formed in making the tongue. After the tape 5 is inplace the end of the cord 6 is placed thereon and the two oppositelongitudinal edges 7 and 8 of the blank are wrapped around the cord in amanner indicated in Fig. 2 with the prongs 2 forced into the body of thecord to fasten the same in the splicer. The utility of the device isevident from the drawing and foregoing description from which it may beseen it is inexpensive in form being shaped by a die adapted to strikeup the prongs 2 and the tongue 3 in the body of the blank and being ofcomparatively soft metal, the device may be tape as shown.

Having thus briefly described my invention what I claim is 1. A splicerfor splicing a cord to a tape consisting of a blank of comparativelysoft metal having a substantially central tongue on one side of the bodythereof and prongs provided on the same side adjacent each longitudinaledge of the blank, the tongue providing a means for attaching a tapethereto and the device adapted to be folded about the sash cord and tapewith the prongs engaging the cord.

2. A splicer for connecting adjacent ends of a sash cord and a tapeor'the like consisting of a blank having a series of prongs nearopposite edges and a tongue extending upward from the body of the metalbetween the said series of prongs, the tongue providing a. means forattaching the tape and the blank being adapted to be folded about thesash cord with the prongs engaging the readily folded about the cord andbody of the cord and holding the cord in contact with the tonguepreventing displacement of the tape.

3. A splicer for splicing adjacent ends of a cord and metal strapconsisting of a flat metal blank having a tongue on one side of the bodythereof, the metal strap having an aperture in the end thereof throughwhich the tongue may be to the blank, and

passed to secure the strap the blank being adaptedilo In testimonywhereof,

cation.

I sign this specifi- E. BLAKE SHAND.

